Why did I like/dislike the text?

I like the text a lot this time reading. It was very interesting but still to the point. Valerie I think is handling this whole situation very well. I would be kind of nervous to accept a friend right away too, especially if they were my enemy. I think it is real gutsy for her just to go and trust her enemy and be okay with it. I give her props for being a courageous student. If I was in her position I would go back, there is no doubt about it, but it would be hard to just make friends that quick. I just hated the part of the text of how her dad had been having an affair with his secretary without telling anyone. You would think he would be a little more classy when the shooting went on to not continue the affair. Even though that might be the love of his life, he should have told somebody and should have told the whole family instead of keeping it inside and hurting others later on. The shooting was enough to tear apart her mom, let alone another part of her life missing as her husband and the father of her two kids bailing on them to be with some secretary. Valerie is still trying to move on from the school shooting and that's hard. Valerie's mom is trying to keep and eye on her and help her through all of her problems. I guess looking at that whole situation, Valerie's dad really hasn't been there for her at all. When you read the only time he is really there for her is when she was in the hospital. Other than that he is often supposed to be interpreted in the text at work. He is never home, and when he is home he and his wife fight all the time. It just is not a very good situation for that family. I think that would be hard for anyone go through, left alone 2 teenage kids.